Cambridge SoundWorks: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 01:03 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added UPC 054651030954 (wanted list, 1 human request) as Cambridge SoundWorks **SoundWorks Digital**, a three-piece 2.1 computer speaker system with SPDIF input launched in November 1999 at US$99. Id. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Cambridge SoundWorks <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Cambridge SoundWorks
disambiguation: the Massachusetts loudspeaker brand, not Cambridge Audio
founded: 1988
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                      | market | from | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------- | --------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/creative-technology |        | 1997 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-csw | Wikipedia says Creative Labs bought Cambridge SoundWorks in 1997; the November 1999 launch release (^press) calls it a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd. Later ownership not researched. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name       | type   | locale | from | until |
| ---------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| SoundWorks | search |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                                 | title                                                                      | accessed   | publisher           | kind         | published  | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| press    | https://sg.creative.com/corporate/pressroom?id=6252 | Cambridge SoundWorks takes highly-acclaimed speakers to the digital domain | 2026-09-14 | Creative Technology | manufacturer | 1999-11-10 |           |         |              |             |          |
| wiki-csw | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_SoundWorks  | Cambridge SoundWorks                                                       | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia           | publication  |            |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Loudspeaker and consumer audio brand co-founded in 1988 by Henry Kloss and Tom DeVesto in Massachusetts, bought by Creative in 1997.[^wiki-csw] In 1999 Cambridge SoundWorks was a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd.[^press]
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